______ is the ability to make flexible and efficient use of available brain resources in order to allow for cognitive efficiency, flexibility, and adaptability.
A. Cognitive reserve
B. Cognitive selection
C. Cognitive compensation
D. Cognitive maximization
Answer: A
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Sherif’s study of the autokinetic effect situation indicated that norms
a. emerge through reciprocal influence. b. describe how members act, feel, and think. c. define which behaviors are “bad” or “wrong.” d. emerge from personal, idiosyncratic beliefs. e. identify behaviors that should not be performed.
Decay theory suggests that forgetting is due to
a. ineffective encoding. b. impermanent storage. c. retrieval failure. d. interference effects.
Error management theory predicts and finds that . . .
a. Men tend to misperceive women’s friendly behavior as a sign of sexual interest b. Women tend to underestimate a man’s intentions to remain with her after they have sex c. Both of the above d. Neither of the above
In a famous research report, a number of hypnotically age-regressed individuals were able to remember the day of the week on which their 4th or 10th birthday occurred. What question would a psychological detective have asked about the study before accepting the results as indicating that hypnotic age regression had occurred?
a) How old were the research participants?
b) Were any of the children diagnosed as suffering a psychological disorder?
c) Were the research participants sufficiently relaxed when the study began?
d) Would the same results have occurred if the researcher was not a proponent of hypnosis?